Italy is holding up the works on the EU renewal of Russian sanctions. Politico Europe reports:
Sanctions were set to be extended on Wednesday, but that did not happen after the Italian government instructed its ambassador to raise objections during a closed-door meeting of EU countries’ delegates, which was supposed to approve the extension without much political noise.On Thursday, the 28 EU ambassadors met again, but the delicate topic was not put to vote for a second time as Italy signaled it wouldn’t change its position, diplomatic sources told POLITICO.[..][T]he silent vote […] was supposed to deliver one message, according to …read more
Source: The American Interest
